Shafi Shiddique
Surajkund/Alive News: The Surajkund International Craft Mela is the only Craft stage where not only India but all countries across the world are given an opportunity to serve their respective culture, arts and eateries in the Mela courtyard. Apart from this, millions of people from country or outside the country accept the Mela as their own house for 15 days and meet everyone like they know each other for long time.
However, I am talking about Kazakhstan country which is known a well-articulated culture based on the nomadic pastoral economy of the inhabitants has participated in the Craft Mela aiming to tell viewers about its lifestyle, culture, arts and catering here in the Mela premises.
Well, the Alive News team certainly reached at Kazakhstan’s stall and saw a man was playing flute in a different vein and people gathering around the stall were listening his rhythmic sounds with enthusiasm. Meanwhile, the people had excited to see the musical instruments which were decorated in the stall.
The musical instruments as Ancient Kazakh including the dombra and kobyz (stringed musical instruments played by plucking), the saz-syrnai, which is a clay flute and the sabyzgy, which is a cane flute. Korkyt is the creator of the kobyz and kyuy, a genre of music. During this, Kazakhstan’s occupants who have installed their shops in the fair were witnessed to cooperate the viewers telling about the instruments.
Finally, a question was asked by the team that what you think about the fair and fair lovers, in which they replied that we really feel proud to be a part of this Craft Fair. We liked that people of here who have great desire to know our culture and tradition. During this, Berik, Azamat, Yeraslan and Erkebulan were especially present on the occasion.
